If a timeline for the human story was made, it could be seen lots of human fights for freedom. Some people compare how leaders worked and how they encouraged people. For instance, contrasting Mohandas Gandhi, in India, with Nelson Mandela, in South Africa is a great point. Both of them had fought for equal human rights to everybody in their nations, against racism, for something they believed. Nowadays, they are considered as fathers of their own nations and their achievement is recognized all over the world. However, they followed different way of applying their ideas. Gandhi always asked for nonviolence ways of protest. On the other hand, Mandela tried to utilize force as deterrent power against the opponent power because he realized that people could not achieve anything in only nonviolent way. Comparing Gandhi with Mandela is very suggestive because people could realize how leaders should be and in what way people should fight for their goal. Despite of their differences and similarities,both of them fought for liberty and equality persistently and bravely.
Fathers of their nations, Mandela and Gandhi always fought for their countries' liberty, and also against racism. In South Africa, Mandela saw the government treat white and black people in different ways: they could not stay in the same place, drink the same water or eat the same kind of food. Moreover, the walk side, for example, was not for everybody; in India, Gandhi also saw some similar problems, but his main complaint was about the "untouchability", and about union between Hindus and Muslims (Tønnesson,1999), he always thought that Indians had to be treated in the same way, as Indian, as human being. Their achievement was the equality to everybody. For instance, in 1910, Gandhi helped to organize the Tolstoy farm, "about seventy-five people lived there: Muslims, Hindus and Christians. There were no servants, and everyone helped with the cooking, cleaning, and washing" (Akinyemi, 2010); whereas, Mandela has "cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities" (BBC news website, 2012). In addition, they tried to convince everybody to work together and for cooperation. The news about their fight have traveled all around the world. People from different countries knew about these revolutionary men. Presidents and government recognized them and encouraged their fights.
In fighting for establishing ideal societies, Gandhi and Mandela followed different ways for their achievement. First of all, Gandhi persisted in nonviolent way of protest with marches and noncooperation with British government, also asking Indian population to burn western clothes or going on strike. On the other hand, at the beginning of his fights Mandela tried to be nonviolent, however he realized that all non-violent protest could not achieve anything in his journey. The imortant point is that Mandela treated the force of black people as deterrent power toward the white who had army and used violence to the black.Mandela minimized the use of the force and tried to hold the balance of power strategically.Second, Gandhi was unfortunately killed by a citizen and the Novel Peace Prize wasn't awarded to him despite his great accomplishment and the fame all over the world.(Tønnesson,1999) Conversely, Mandela received the Prize for his courage for the peaceful termination of the apartheid regime of South Africa in 1993.(Nelson Mandela Centre of Lecacy,1999) Third, another big difference is whether they assumed a leader of nation or not in their journey to realize equality for the people. While Gandhi was a genuine leader of the independence of India, he wasn't elected prime minister of India. In contrast, Mandela was democratically elected the first black president of South Africa. As president, he created new forms that gave equal rights to all people as he always wished.(BBC news website, 2012)
In conclusion, Gandhi and Mandela are recognized as symbols of the leaders who bravely fought against racial discrimination. It is the fact that both of them deserve to be awarded the Novel Peace Prize. When Gandhi died in 1948, 1 million people gathered and prayed in memory him in funeral.Many foreign people are interested in Gandhi’s story and visit places remembered in connection with him. His spirit has even influences on Dalai Lama, leader of Tibet and on Martin Luther King who fought against racism in the U.S. In addition, it is said that people in South Africa have been follwed Gandhi's belief, too.Mandela, who is now 94 years old, has an important role in international contribution. He works as an ambassador of UNESCO and participates in an organization named "The Elders" that consists of retired political leaders from various countries. Needless to say, he is loved by people in South Africa. Nowadays racial conflicts often happen and a lot of people are killed every year in the world. In this situation, Gandhi and Mandela’s achievements help people to realize the solution for social problems are not in violence, but in the way they were looking for it.
If a timeline for the human story was made, it could be seen lots of human fights for freedom. Some people compare how leaders worked and how they encouraged people. For instance, contrasting Mohandas Gandhi, in India, with Nelson Mandela, in South Africa is a great point. Both of them had fought for equal human rights to everybody in their nations, against racism, for something they believed. Nowadays, they are considered as fathers of their own nations and their achievement is recognized all over the world. However, they followed different way of applying their ideas. Gandhi always asked for nonviolence ways of protest. On the other hand, Mandela tried to utilize force as deterrent power against the opponent power because he realized that people could not achieve anything in only nonviolent way. Comparing Gandhi with Mandela is very suggestive because people could realize how leaders should be and in what way people should fight for their goal. Despite of their differences and similarities,both of them fought for liberty and equality persistently and bravely.
Fathers of their nations, Mandela and Gandhi always fought for their countries' liberty, and also against racism. In South Africa, Mandela saw the government treat white and black people in different ways: they could not stay in the same place, drink the same water or eat the same kind of food. Moreover, the walk side, for example, was not for everybody; in India, Gandhi also saw some similar problems, but his main complaint was about the "untouchability", and about union between Hindus and Muslims (Tønnesson,1999), he always thought that Indians had to be treated in the same way, as Indian, as human being. Their achievement was the equality to everybody. For instance, in 1910, Gandhi helped to organize the Tolstoy farm, "about seventy-five people lived there: Muslims, Hindus and Christians. There were no servants, and everyone helped with the cooking, cleaning, and washing" (Akinyemi, 2010); whereas, Mandela has "cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities" (BBC news website, 2012). In addition, they tried to convince everybody to work together and for cooperation. The news about their fight have traveled all around the world. People from different countries knew about these revolutionary men. Presidents and government recognized them and encouraged their fights.
In fighting for establishing ideal societies, Gandhi and Mandela followed different ways for their achievement. First of all, Gandhi persisted in nonviolent way of protest with marches and noncooperation with British government, also asking Indian population to burn western clothes or going on strike. On the other hand, at the beginning of his fights Mandela tried to be nonviolent, however he realized that all non-violent protest could not achieve anything in his journey. The imortant point is that Mandela treated the force of black people as deterrent power toward the white who had army and used violence to the black.Mandela minimized the use of the force and tried to hold the balance of power strategically.Second, Gandhi was unfortunately killed by a citizen and the Novel Peace Prize wasn't awarded to him despite his great accomplishment and the fame all over the world.(Tønnesson,1999) Conversely, Mandela received the Prize for his courage for the peaceful termination of the apartheid regime of South Africa in 1993.(Nelson Mandela Centre of Lecacy,1999) Third, another big difference is whether they assumed a leader of nation or not in their journey to realize equality for the people. While Gandhi was a genuine leader of the independence of India, he wasn't elected prime minister of India. In contrast, Mandela was democratically elected the first black president of South Africa. As president, he created new forms that gave equal rights to all people as he always wished.(BBC news website, 2012)
In conclusion, Gandhi and Mandela are recognized as symbols of the leaders who bravely fought against racial discrimination. It is the fact that both of them deserve to be awarded the Novel Peace Prize. When Gandhi died in 1948, 1 million people gathered and prayed in memory him in funeral.Many foreign people are interested in Gandhi’s story and visit places remembered in connection with him. His spirit has even influences on Dalai Lama, leader of Tibet and on Martin Luther King who fought against racism in the U.S. In addition, it is said that people in South Africa have been follwed Gandhi's belief, too.Mandela, who is now 94 years old, has an important role in international contribution. He works as an ambassador of UNESCO and participates in an organization named "The Elders" that consists of retired political leaders from various countries. Needless to say, he is loved by people in South Africa. Nowadays racial conflicts often happen and a lot of people are killed every year in the world. In this situation, Gandhi and Mandela’s achievements help people to realize the solution for social problems are not in violence, but in the way they were looking for it.
References:
1. Tønnesson, Øyvind. (1999). Mahatma Gandhi, the Missing Laureate. Retrieved from http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/articles/gandhi/
2. De Klerk, F.W. (1993). The Novel Peace Prize 1993. Retrieved from: http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1993/mandela-bio.html
3. Nelson Mandela Centre of Legacy. (1999). Retrieved from: http://www.nelsonmandela.org/
4. BBC news website. (2012). Mandela’s life and times. Retrieved from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12305154
5. Akinyemi, R.(2010). Gandhi. New York: Oxford Bookworks